Drawing, in its various guises forms the basis of William Rounce’s practice. His work includes work created in a variety of media; perspective drawing, collage, installation and animation.

Seemingly ordinary instructional diagrams and exploded views were used as source material for this body of work. From a distance the drawings give the illusion of being photocopied or painted; closer inspection reveals the intricate process of collage.

Painstakingly created clusters of black ‘grip tape’ jar with sections that are intentionally erased. Irregularities and imperfections in the printing of the source material are emphasised, dots and dashes become replicated gestures; the drawing becomes more expressive, organic and tactile.

His influences include Minimalism and architectural diagrams and his work investigates the mechanisms involved in the physical construction of a drawing. He takes a systematic and rigorous formal approach to drawing; working within set procedures, governed by the laws of perspective. Meticulously building up repeated geometric forms with traces of measured mark making, there is a sense of incremental growth without resolution. Through this process, the drawing’s construction begins to take precedent over the ‘representational’ elements of the work. There has been no attempt to hide the many working marks and measurements. Lines are used as markers of space, control, measurement and ultimately erasure.

The title ‘One thing after another’ references a quote by Minimalist artist Donald Judd, and the practice of using repeated identical units within his work. Each repeated individual unit acts a ‘building block’ to methodically and systematically construct the drawing within the parameters of the grid.

“The building blocks of that universe are the cube, the plane and the line”
Jerry Saltz  -
Non Specific Objects –
Modern Painters, March 2007

His temporary ‘interventions’ relate to the dimensions and proportions of the space they are created within; there is always a close interdependence with the architectural features of the site.

Using inexpensive adhesive tape applied directly and precisely to the surfaces of a space, lines are used to de-mark, dissect, transverse, connect and repeat the site’s physical boundaries and architectural features.

As you move around the space different viewpoints are created and the drawings alter and reveal themselves over time - their constituent parts meeting to create imaginary planes. The completed installations play with ones perception of space, perspective and illusion.